Pitcher Plant Nepenthes
by Venetia Featherstone-Witty
Title
Pitcher Plant Nepenthes
Artist
Venetia Featherstone-Witty
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
Pitcher plants are several different carnivorous plants that have evolved modified leaves known as a pitfall traps a prey-trapping mechanism featuring a deep cavity filled with liquid.The Nepenthaceae contains a single genus, Nepenthes, containing over 100 species and numerous hybrids and cultivars.In these Old World pitcher plants, the pitchers are borne at the end of tendrils that extend from the midrib of an otherwise unexceptional leaf. The plants themselves are often climbers, accessing the canopy of their habitats using the aforementioned tendrils, although others are found on the ground in forest clearings, or as epiphytes on trees.
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July 16th, 2014
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